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  • Title: Co-transformation with autonomous replicating and integrative plasmids in Penicillium chrysogenum is highly efficient and leads in some cases to rescue of the intact integrative plasmid.
    Author: Bañuelos O, Naranjo L, Casqueiro J, Gutiérrez S, Martín JF.
    Journal: Fungal Genet Biol; 2003 Nov; 40(2):83-92. PubMed ID: 14516761.
    Abstract:
    The efficiency of co-transformation in Penicillium chrysogenum Wisconsin 54-1255 pyrG(-) and the fate of the transforming DNA were studied using an integrative (pEF43) and an autonomous replicating plasmid (pAM9L). The results showed a co-transformation frequency of nearly 70% of all transformants tested. The total efficiency of transformation was shown to be dependent on the plasmid marker used as transformant selection (i.e., markers in the integrative or autonomous replicating vector). Analysis of the plasmids re-isolated from several co-transformants showed that different populations of plasmids co-exist in the fungal host. Interestingly, in all co-transformants studied, the integrative plasmid was found to be replicating autonomously without integrating into the host genome. In some cases, co-integrates were formed by recombination between autonomous replicating (pAM9L) and integrative (pEF43) plasmids. However, unexpectedly in some cases, the non-reorganised pEF43 integrative plasmid used in the co-transformation assays was rescued from some co-transformants.
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